Adjustable casket stop



.April l@ 1940. Q KROGH 2,197,645

ADJUSTABLE GASKET STOP Filed Aug. 17, 1939 {EIB-2222212.11? E Il. 2i H.1 l I H l l Il l IL Il 1E' 4- 26 .4 III 2 |I Y /6 A I 22 23 /0 224 lP97692" 0, Moy/7 Q/ /771 Patented Apr. 16, 1940 UNITED iSTATESADJUSTABLE cAsKET s'ror Peter i. Krogh, Lima, Ohio, assignor to SuperiorBody Company, Lima, Ohio, a

Ohio

corporation of Application August 17, 1939, Serial No. 290,617

1 Claim.

This invention relates to hearses, and primarily to stop means thereinfor'engaging the casket to firmly hold it in carrying position.

'I'he object of the invention is the provision,

in a hearse, of simple, novel and eiiicient means attached to the hearsefloor and operable and adjustable thereon to suit the size or positionof a casket in the liearse and to serve as a stop therefor to hold it incarrying position.

Another object of `the invention is the provision of an adjustable stopof this character which may be used in any and all types of hearses,such as standard end loading, standard side loading and those havingcasket supporting tables mounted for guided movements therein.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and oneembodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure l is a horizontal sectional View of a hearse looking down on thefloor thereof, with a casket or casket carrying table in carryingposition therein and engaged by a stop means embodying the invention;Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary portion of Fig. l including theadjustable stop; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the adjustablestop in casket clamping position; Fig. 4 is a similar View, with thestop in vertical section, and Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional viewof the stop on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4, with parts in full.

Referring to the drawing, I designates the floor of a hearse of the sidedelivery type, 2 either a casket or a casket supporting table disposedin the hearse, and 3 the adjustable stop means embodying the invention.

In jobs where the casket is loaded from the rear, the adjustable stopmeans will be placed at the rear of the casket, and where the casket isloaded from either side, such means is placed in front of the casket.The two sides and opposite ends of the casket, or of the casket carryingtable if one is used, may be held stationary in any suitable manner, asby the conventional bier pins t inserted in registering holes in bierpin plates 5, as well understood in the art.

The adjustable stop means in its illustrated embodiment includes achannel guide bar it mounted on or set into the hearse floor with itsopen side up and its upper side edges inwardly flanged, as at Il, toprovide a restricted guide slot I2 with undercut side walls. This bar isdisposed lengthwise of the hearse and is of suiiicient length to start adistance beyond the hearse end to extend a distance thereunder, and isof suitable length to accommodate all sizes of caskets.

The stop member of the device comprises a hollow block i5 slidinglymounted and guided by the bar lll. This block in its present embodimentincludes a hollow body part it of suitable rigid material, such asmetal, plastic or the like, having itsbottom and inner sideright-angularly disposed and preferably faced with rubber pads l'l andi8, respectively. p

An eccentric shaft 2i) is mounted crosswisein the upper part of themember I6 and journaled on this within the member is a U-shaped clampingyoke 2| having a stem 22 projecting down therefrom through the bottompad il and a guide plate 23 secured at the inner side thereof to themember.` The lower end of the stem 22 projects down through the guidebar slot l 2 and has a nutthreaded thereto within the guide bar andadapted to have clamping engagement with the bar iianges il when theeccentric 2t is turned to clamping position, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.The stern 22 and its nut may be assembled with the guide bar through anopen end of the latter.

The eccentric 20 has a control handle 25 xedly projecting therefrombetween the arms of-the yoke 2i and through an opening 26 in the upperouter vside portion of the member I6, as shown, the handle being inclamping position when lowered and in released position when raised tothe dotted line position shown in Fig. 3.

In the use of this stop means', it is preferable to rst position thecasket in the hearse in abutment with suitably positioned bier pins 4 atthe sides and one end thereof and then to place a stop block l5 and itsassembly in engagement With the guide bar ill through the outer open endthereof and move it into holding or stop engagement with the free end ofthe casket. The eccentric handle 25 is then thrown down to eiiect aclamping of the yoke stem and its nut to the guide bar l0.

It is apparent that the adjustable stop means embodying the inventionprovides a simple and easily operable means' for holding a casket incarrying position with the hearse,` and that it is of a nature to beused in connection with Gaskets of any size. l

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any speciiicconstruction, arrangement or Aform of the parts, as it is capable ofnumerous modications and changes vWithout departing from the spirit ofthe claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent, is:

An adjustable casket stop for hearses, including a guide bar formed tobe secured to the upper face of a hearse floor and having a longitudinalslot of inverted substantially T-shape in cross section, a stop. blockhaving spaced sides, a bottom, and a vertical front Wall, said sides ofthe block projecting below the bottom, a rubber pad engaged with theunder face of the bottom and with the sides of the block and projectingbelow the sides and seated on the upper side of the bar, an eccentrichaving ends jouraled in the sides of the block and having a handle, aU-shaped yoke mounted on the eccentric and disposed between the sides ofthe block, a stem carried by the yoke and extending through the rubberpad, and through the bottom of the block and guided thereby and alsoextending through the top of the bar, and a member carried by the stemand disposed Within the slot and operable to clamp the rubber pad andthereby the block to the bar when the eccentric is in one position andto release the block when the eccentric is in a second position.

PETER O. KROGH.

